Tas. 8794. 
GOVENIA LAGENOPHORA. 
Mexico. 
ORCHIDACEAE. Tribe VANDEAE. 
Goventa, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 542. 
Govenia lagenophora, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, Misc. p. 46: 1845, sub t. 67 
(excl. syn.); Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 53; Rolfe in Orch. Rev. 1906, p. 316 ; 
species G. wtriculatae, Lindl., affinis, segmentis florum obtusioribus 
eorumque colore valde differt. 
Herba terrestris. Psewdobulbi ovoidei, 5-6 cm. longi, vaginis membranaceis 
obtecti. Folia 2, petiolata; limbus ellipticus vel elliptico-lanceolatus, 
breviter acuminatus, plicatus, 20-50 cm. longus, 7-11 cm, latus, basi 
attenuatus; petiolus in utriculam lageniformem 15-20 cm. longam 2 cm. 
latam dilatatus, vaginis tubulosis acutis imbricatis obtectus. Scapt 
axillares, erecti, 50-60 cm. alti; racemi elongati, multiflori, 14-25 cm. 
longi. Bracteae lanceolatae, acutae, 1-1°5 cm. longae. Pedicellt sub- 
graciles, 2-2°5 cm. longi, purpurei. Flores mediocres. Sepala 1°2-1°4 
cm. longa, flava; posticum suberectum, elliptico-oblongum, obtusum ; 
lateralia patentia, falcato-oblonga, obtusa. Petala suberecta, elliptica, 
obtusa, 1-1°2 em. longa, rubro-brunnea. Labellwm basi erectum, apice 
recurvum late ellipticum, obtusum, circiter 1 cm. longum, flavum, apice 
puncto brunneo ornatum. Colwmna incurva, angulata, circiter 1 cm. 
longa, alis rotundatis brevissimis; pollinia 4, obovoidea, subcompressa ; 
stipes oblongus; glandula orbicularis.—R. A. Ro.re. 
It is now nearly eighty years since the Mexican Orchid 
here figured was first described by Professor Lindley. 
The original plant flowered in the collection of Mr. John 
Rogers, junior, Vine Lodge, Sevenoaks, who had imported 
the bulb. Mr. Rogers, who called Professor Lindley’s 
attention to the character of the leaf-sheaths, remarked 
that the innermost one, which surmounts the bulb, is 
about eight inches high, and two to three inches in 
diameter at the base, but only three-quarters of an inch 
wide at the throat, translucent or semi-transparent and 
containing about a third of a pint of water. The pitcher 
is generally full, all the rain and dew on the leaves being 
January-Marcy, 1919. 
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entire, and resembles a Florence flask in shape, being 
conducted into it; this water appears to be absorbed by © 
